Environment

Lawmakers are advancing a bill to amend the permitting process for certain coastal residences despite push back from some conservation groups and community members.

House Bill 348 would ban small single-use plastic bottles in hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts — essentially any place with 50 or more lodging rooms — starting next year. Once 2028 rolls around, this ban will apply to any location that provides one or more rented rooms for lodging.

Tuesday kicked off Earth Month, and what better way to start the month than with a card game about Hawaiʻi's trees? The nonprofit Trees for Honolulu's Future created a card game, Kumulāʻau, all about Hawaiʻi's trees. The Conversation talked to Dan Dinell to learn more.

Hawaiʻi's Burmese responds to the devastating earthquake in Myanmar; The Hawaiʻi Bicycling League calls attention to a rise in fatalities among pedestrians and bike riders

The Conversation broadcast live from the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in South Kona on Friday. So we wanted to know how ferals and invasives are impacting life there. HPR talked to Executive Director Lou Putzel about the challenges that come with managing an ethnobotanical garden.

Lawmakers are advancing a bill to fund a new climate center, which researchers say is critical to the continued collection of climate data. It would employ local climate scientists whose work is currently dependent on federal dollars.

Today, the Conversation broadcasts lives from the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on Hawaiʻi Island with stories on the history of Parker Ranch and biodiversity.

Seniors are one of the most vulnerable communities during natural disasters. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on efforts to better prepare kūpuna inHawaiʻi.

Coral curator Christina Jayne discusses how coral pyramids will be outplanted at two sites as a restoration and enhancement method to help Oʻahu's reefs.

Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were both in Hawaiʻi recently. The Conversation talked to Healani Sonoda-Pale with the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative, and Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi Director Wayne Tanaka about the visits.